Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
You could sell a lot of simple radios with little more than a power switch, mic/speaker Jack an antenna jack, and a USB port. You would control it with CAT commands, no front panel at all. Heck, you
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Ken N2VIP
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Farman, I would have to agree with your assessment of the IC-7300 vs the uBITX series of radios on features and power. The one thing I do not get from my 7300 is the ability to make modification and
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Evan Hand
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Ashhar, I agree with you. I have QRP radios but am looking for a tabletop portable radio with more power and a built-in tuner. I was thinking of the XEIGU but decided on using the 7300 in the
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Mike N2MS
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Bill: Exactly. Al and I thought the uBITX was so good, we tried to extend it via the JackAl board. Not my best idea. However, we learned a lot and one message I keep hearing a lot is the "complex
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
<sarcasm>I heard they started an exploratory committee to define the parameters to establish a committee to investigate specifying the proper footwear for auto foot to gluteal striking.</sarcasm> --
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Doug W
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Satisfaction to me is being able to use and to exploit minimalistic HF rigs, render them effective beyond imagination. Apart from HF Signals, I really have fun with Softrock RXTX. What is missing from
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iz oos
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Hi Jack... ......Farhan, I have a uBitX V3 and have helped a few others by aligning and setting them up. I also have some toys from uBitX real competition, QRP (fill-in-the-blank). Both outfits have
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Bill Cromwell
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Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
Just wondering...has anyone tried using a 3D printer to print the resist pattern on PCB material? I think it could be done but I don't know if the print filament material would resist the etchant well
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Mark M <junquemaile@...>
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Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Bob: I've read back through the posts and did not find anyone who said the FDA prevented other countries from using the ventilator developed here. I am the owner of the Ventilator group site you
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
I would give my left...whatever...to be able to design a circuit. It is still amazing to me to see someone sit down and, looking through some spec sheets, knows how to string things together and make
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
I might get booted out of here for saying this, but, the IC7300 is an amazing deal for the price point. For 1000 bucks, it gives a huge radio. 100 watts, DDC receiver, all the SDR bells and whistles.
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Ashhar Farhan
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Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
I agree that that this isn't the place for pushing a whining political agenda, but since some people have, some misstatements need addressed. Originally the ventilator that some of us worked to
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Bob Benedict, KD8CGH
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Building a transceiver from scratch is indeed great fun. Soldering the components on, winding the toroids, aligning the IF, setting up the filters. Then testing it all for smoke, and seeing if it
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Trystan G0KAY
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Most of the features are just software codes. Your main transceiver can be really, really simple. Yet you could have a front panel crammed with buttons and knobs that connect the micro inside the
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Ashhar Farhan
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Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
They look great. If anything, the local hams will be convinced that you really made if yourself ! I collect cellphones. In my collection are prototypes rhat never made to production. How can I prove
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Ashhar Farhan
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Re: Talk: Does price buy Performance or Satisfaction in an HF Transceiver? by Frank Howell K4FMH
Reg -- we build stuff 'cause it is enormous fun. Buying a complete radio is very cool if you want to move on quickly to the software (Fldigi, WSJT-X, logging, award tracking, etc etc) for example.?
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Don - KM4UDX
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Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
Hello, As promised, I made today my 6 adapters to correct the error on my PCB. You will tell me, why 6, the ubitx has only 5. As it is a personal fabrication, I added a relay that allows me to have
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Gerard
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Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Roger, China and India have been inches away from nuclear war for decades. I would hope that China would take the high roar with COVID relief for India. I also wish we had responded sooner, but this
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Jim Strohm
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Re: Homemade Circuit Boards
To avoid the tiny pores, you could the Cold toner transfer process. The most interesting variant of that uses Mosquito Repellent lotion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oRYKKIqBOE
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quad@...
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Re: Best wishes to our friends in India
Best wishes to you and all India for a speedy recovery
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Lawrence Galea
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